IPLG: Feminist Leadership 2010

Organised by The Institute of Peace, Leadership and Governance (IPLG) at Africa University and the Open Society for Southern Africa (OSISA), this training course on feminism and public policy is designed to provide a broad conceptual and practical understanding of feminism by locating it within in a pan-African discourse.
According to the organisers, feminists have always vigorously contested the effects and policies designed to ameliorate women’s oppression. This course provides a forum to critically examine some of these differences by looking at the historical tenets of feminism and its evolutionary progression, feminist perspectives to politics, power and power relations, patriarchy, gender-based violence, sexuality, women’s rights, and justice. The course further analyses the claim that public policy is gendered, implying that public policies affect men and women differently and that men and women participate differently in public policy making processes. The course takes public policy as both an important component in the construction of gender differences and as a site where gender is critiqued, resisted, and renegotiated.
The course is designed for young women who are motivated to play a critical role in promoting women's issues through advocacy and lobbying. Using examples and experiences from their own lives, it is hoped that participants will gain a deeper understanding of a feminist analysis of issues affecting women in the Southern African Development Community region. The goal of the course is to provide participants with knowledge and practical skills to engage with feminist discourses and feminist approaches for effective lobbying and advocacy on gender and women’s rights.
This course is intended for young feminist advocates in non-governmental organisations, the public, and private sectors. OSISA will be fully sponsoring this training course. Sponsorship will cover tuition, course materials, airfare/transport, accommodation, teas and lunches and dinners during the course. Participants are however, advised to take out personal and health insurance as the organisers cannot take liabilities in this regard.
Deadline for registration: 9 July 2010

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